Maxx Crosby and Patrick Mahomes have built one of the NFL’s most heated one-on-one matchups, and Crosby just added a strange new detail to the story.
On an episode of Crosby’s podcast, The Rush, the Raiders edge rusher was asked by co-host Brogan Roback whether Mahomes makes noise when he gets tackled. Crosby didn’t give a clean yes or no at first. Instead, he answered, “I don’t know,” then mimicked a heavy grunt that came off like a moan in the room.
Roback immediately tried to pump the brakes. “Don’t say moan, just don’t say that word,” he said with a laugh.
Crosby wasn’t backing off. “There’s no other word! But yeah,” he replied.
He also described what Mahomes does after the whistle-to-whistle collision. According to Crosby, the Chiefs quarterback always rolls over and looks back at him, and Crosby’s response is to stand right over him and stare him down.
“It started early. We were very close to each other, physically, out of the gate.
Got some good hits on him. It’s just funny, every time I hit him, he rolls over, and he peeks at me, just to see.
And I’m always in his face, just staring at him,” Crosby said.
The two have been tied together since Crosby entered the league with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2019, facing off twice every season. Their rivalry hit a peak in a memorable Monday Night Football game in 2022, when Crosby spent the first half pestering Mahomes with extra shoves, arm punches and late hits after the ball was already out. Mahomes complained to him on the field, saying, “Don’t just punch me for no reason, dawg,” and later, after a touchdown pass, he hunted Crosby down and fired back with, “You woke up the wrong motherf-er,” in a mic’d-up exchange that went viral.
Crosby has had plenty of success getting to Mahomes, too. He has 6.5 sacks and 49 quarterback pressures against him in his career.
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